The BrachyNext co-chairmen Janusz Skowronek, MD, PhD, and Tim R. Williams, MD, and our Organizing Committee are pleased to announce that abstracts are being accepted for a poster presentation during the symposium.

The submission deadline is March 21, 2014. The number of poster positions is limited. The Abstract Review Committee will therefore assess all abstracts to identify those that support the objectives of the symposium and advance the future of brachytherapy. Authors will be notified by April 21, 2014 if their abstract has been accepted for poster presentation at the symposium.

This symposium will present the most up-to-date information on brachytherapy. It will focus on new advancements and implementation of state-of-the-art brachytherapy, and jointly identify next steps to advance its clinical relevance. It is designed for radiation oncologists, physicists, urologists, dermatologists, breast surgeons, gynecologists, and administrators who use brachytherapy.

Abstracts are being accepted in most categories of brachytherapy including, but not limited to:

Abstracts that are accepted for poster display at this symposium will be published in a supplement to the Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy. If your abstract is accepted by the committee, you will be required to complete a copyright release to include your abstract in the journal supplement.

The submitting author will be asked to designate a presenting author who will be attending the symposium and will be responsible for hanging and removing their poster at the designated times. The submitting author will also be asked to designate a corresponding author that will appear in the published abstract.

Attendees for the conference must register at www.cancereducation.com/brachynext/. Submitting an abstract for presentation does not constitute registration for the conference.

We thank you in advance for your submission and look forward to an exciting conference.

It is my privilege and great pleasure as President of ESTRO and Chair of the congress, to invite you to ESTRO 33 that will take place in Vienna from 4 to 8 April 2014.

ESTRO 33 is the premier European event in Radiation Oncology and will focus on new and emerging developments in the field.

Since the foundation of ESTRO, more than 30 years ago, Radiation Oncology has fortunately seen continuous change with virtually every aspect of the basic science of our discipline and of the clinical treatment drastically improving for the benefit of patient care. In this context, ESTRO 33 will assist ESTRO’s recent Vision for 2020 statement that: “Every cancer patient in Europe will have access to state of the art radiation therapy, as part of a multidisciplinary approach where treatment is individualised for the specific patient’s cancer, taking account of the patient’s personal circumstances”.